Uh oh. I think I'm getting a TR.

[Planepower]

At least you guys can get them, I saw the Terra/ Strada last year at our bike show, but none ever made it to the sales room floors. I'm jot sure there are any in Canada.

 

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The only ones I could find were the ebay chinese models. People have had good luck with them, but I just don't buy chinese if I can help it and it isn't leaking, it's just a bit rough from being bent back into shape so many times.

Hey Fab,
The radiators you speak of are for the 511, right? If you found aftermarket radiators for the TR, regardless of origin, would you please post up a link?

 

[turtlemoye]

I paid $6500 for my Terra and if I had to do it over again I would pay $2K more. Buy it, don't worry about parts, just buy it.

 

[FabOneUp]

Hey Fab,
The radiators you speak of are for the 511, right? If you found aftermarket radiators for the TR, regardless of origin, would you please post up a link?

Luckily, yes the 511. If something happens to my TR radiator, then you know something went very, very wrong.

 

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I think you made an addition since the last time I saw those crash bars!

That is definitely one way to protect your investment

 

[DerBrizon]

Strada sale price $5599 (don't expect to find that low again though, I'd gladly pay more)
+ sales tax
+state license & registration fees
+ dealer document fee $65
NO setup or shipping fees
$6293.26 OTD

I'm jealous as all hell. When did you buy? I paid my price around August, 2013. Maybe I should have done more research. :\

 

[hudler]

At least you guys can get them, I saw the Terra/ Strada last year at our bike show, but none ever made it to the sales room floors. I'm jot sure there are any in Canada.

Hi Planepower, I am in Saskatchewan and have a TR650 Terra, I got it from a dealer in Manitoba. I didn't get it cheap like our American friends, but I did get a fair deal. Its a great bike, but I don't use it very much, only about 800km on it. It is a real head turner, no one around here with one and I get lots of questions about it everywhere I go.

 

[Cosmokenney]

I've already changed my mind. When the KLR gets sold I'll be looking to replace it immediately. I'm going nowhere near the Husky brand when I'm out looking. As much as I love riding my TE 511, Husky has completely lost me as a customer for life. They've completely abandoned their existing customers. And I know things will be different with the Husky-KTMs, but what's the point? The aftermarket support will always be geared towards KTM proper models.

 

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Hey Cosmo, I hear your frustration. But I would posit that of the 1000s of Tr650s sold only a handful of owners (counted on fingers and toes) have reported a major parts delay or issue. That's pretty impressive considering the swap over is less than a year old. My new radiator took days, even in the factory shutdown. And the torx bolt I stripped, took about a week despite a holiday weekend.

My experience is that if one dealer isn't helpful, try another. With modern shipping and the inter-webs damn near anything is only a search and a UPS shipment away. These bikes are excellent and a great value. It seems that way more folks are fully satisfied and not having issue (parts or otherwise) than the other way around. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Cosmokenney]

Hey Cosmo, I hear your frustration. But I would posit that of the 1000s of Tr650s sold only a handful of owners (counted on fingers and toes) have reported a major parts delay or issue. That's pretty impressive considering the swap over is less than a year old. My new radiator took days, even in the factory shutdown. And the torx bolt I stripped, took about a week despite a holiday weekend.

My experience is that if one dealer isn't helpful, try another. With modern shipping and the inter-webs damn near anything is only a search and a UPS shipment away. These bikes are excellent and a great value. It seems that way more folks are fully satisfied and not having issue (parts or otherwise) than the other way around. Just my 2 cents.

I wish that I could say that that has been my experience with my TE 511. My dealer has pretty much given me the cold shoulder. I was actually treated really well by the local KTM dealer, but he says the just aren't there yet (computer wise) with parts for past models. The aftermarket folks are pretty good. But because of my issues with OEM parts on the TE, I'm not sure I would want to go that route times 2.

 

[turtlemoye]

I can understand your frustration. The dealer I bought my TE from promised to continue to support the brand and they kinda had too as they had sold a ton of bikes and would have had a lot of pissed off locals. Thankfully they picked up KTM and I don't expect any issues going forward.

If you can find a decent dealer I think it's worth the minor risk involved. What other bikes are on your radar?

 

[Cosmokenney]

I can understand your frustration. The dealer I bought my TE from promised to continue to support the brand and they kinda had too as they had sold a ton of bikes and would have had a lot of pissed off locals. Thankfully they picked up KTM and I don't expect any issues going forward.

If you can find a decent dealer I think it's worth the minor risk involved. What other bikes are on your radar?

#1 choice: KTM 1190 Adventure (road version), but OMG the $$$$s!
Yamaha Super T, but I hear they are a little sluggish.
Honda NC, but if I go for a twin, I'd want to go for a 1100.
Ducati Multi Strada, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, I hear they break easy and have, of all things, parts distribution issues. And, I've been told the BMW actually handles better on-road.
BMW's big GS, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, there's nothing in them that I can fix myself.

 

[turtlemoye]

And now we're back where we started. The TR650 is just to damn good to pass up at that price. Worried about parts? You can buy two of them for the price of those others and have a parts bike or one for a friend. Hell, buy a Terra and Strada and you'll be set.

 

[nev..]

#1 choice: KTM 1190 Adventure (road version), but OMG the $$$$s!
Yamaha Super T, but I hear they are a little sluggish.
Honda NC, but if I go for a twin, I'd want to go for a 1100.
Ducati Multi Strada, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, I hear they break easy and have, of all things, parts distribution issues. And, I've been told the BMW actually handles better on-road.
BMW's big GS, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, there's nothing in them that I can fix myself.

If these are the bikes on your radar, I'm curious why you were even looking at a TR650, it's nothing like what you obviously want to ride.

 

[Cosmokenney]

If these are the bikes on your radar, I'm curious why you were even looking at a TR650, it's nothing like what you obviously want to ride.

Like I said in my original post. I wasn't in the market for one until I saw how low priced they are at the moment. I saw the price and it got me to thinking, it might be cool to have two huskies in the garage.

 

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Whooooa... I leave you guys alone for a minute and poor Cosmo gets dog piled by TR650 fans

Seriously, though. You might search the threads on supportive dealers/dealers with MOSS and see if there are any options nearby. Even if you had to order from parts from Bill's, Eurosport, or wherever, the TR650 is major bang for the Dual Sport buck, and Perrier has stated he plans to support the old bikes for quite some time.

Ride the heck out of the bike and sell it for parts in 3-4 years and make most or all of your money back. If after a few years I sell mine (and I don't plan to) for half what I paid for it, that's $3300. That is pretty cheap and fun riding. Nothing else on the market is even close.

 

[Cosmokenney]

Soooo.... my KLR can do all of 55 MPH for any length of time. Maybe up to 70, but that's at 6000-6500 RPM, can't recall. I'm not comfortable doing that level of RPM for long periods of time on the old KLR. I assume the Strada is a 6 speed? What kind of RPMs are you guys spinning at 80 MPH? Can you run it at that speed for hours on end?

When I use the bike to go fly fishing up north, I load it up with food, water and gear. And I'm usually doing a 10 - 11 PM mad freeway rush to get home. Would be nice to be able to put a radar detector on there and fly home at 80 on some of those middle of nowhere freeway stretches.

 

[run-it]

I'm jealous as all hell. When did you buy? I paid my price around August, 2013. Maybe I should have done more research. :\

Bought the end of May from 3 bros racing / 3brosktm.com, found it through a cycletrader ad, 1 mile on odo, no financing deal.

 

[turtlemoye]

Soooo.... my KLR can do all of 55 MPH for any length of time. Maybe up to 70, but that's at 6000-6500 RPM, can't recall. I'm not comfortable doing that level of RPM for long periods of time on the old KLR. I assume the Strada is a 6 speed? What kind of RPMs are you guys spinning at 80 MPH? Can you run it at that speed for hours on end?

When I use the bike to go fly fishing up north, I load it up with food, water and gear. And I'm usually doing a 10 - 11 PM mad freeway rush to get home. Would be nice to be able to put a radar detector on there and fly home at 80 on some of those middle of nowhere freeway stretches.

I've run 80mph on the freeway fully loaded (hard bags + duffles + my 235# fat ass) with no issue and still had power to pass. And that was on my stock Terra tires. It's actually a 5 speed but works well. I've hit 90 a few times but never sustained it.

 

[Steve Hards]

I've run 80mph on the freeway fully loaded (hard bags + duffles + my 235# fat ass) with no issue and still had power to pass. And that was on my stock Terra tires. It's actually a 5 speed but works well. I've hit 90 a few times but never sustained it.

It won't be the motor that worries at 80+mph, it will be your ability to fend off the wind. I once punted a rental BMW F650GS (same engine, less power) at 95mph for 30 miles when on a US bike trip. No sweat for the engine, hard work for me.